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AGRE,BMET-IT. tsE'rw}'}iN TF}E G0YIIRNI\{EIVF oF, TFTTINTpurITc T}F' INDI,A ANI} THE GOvETTNIvTENT {}F TI{EREPUBLIC OF I\{AT]RITI{TS CN TF{E TRAI{SFER OF'PITSSONIIRfd

The (ir:vernment of the Republic of India and the Gov,311,111ent of 1heR.epublic of Mauritius; ltereinailer re n'ed to as the Contrarctinil [,1ates;

Desiring to far:ilitate llre social rehabilitation of pris<;rrers inr.o tirei;-own coulttrie:;" arrd

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Consiclariug that this obiective shouid beforeigners, \4,tto have been conrricted and sentencedcommission ,f a crinri*al ofii:nr;e, the opportunity 1swithin their ovrn society;

fulfilkrd by givingas a ]'e,qrrlt of their

ser'\'(: tireir: sentences

Ha+,e agreed as fbllo.,vs:

.qREICLE I

j-DsfluLiliens

For the putpose of this Agleernent:

(a) "iuclgment" mealrs a clecision or orcler of' a court ,:r. tr.ibunalirnposing a senterll:e,

(b) "receiving state" means a state to which the pril;orr,3r. ulay be,or has been, transl'en'ed in order to serve iris senterrct::

"sentellce" rnealrs aily punishrnent or lreasLrre involvingdeprivation of libeiry ordered by a court or tritrunal for adetermina.te period of time or for life imprisorurent, in theexercise of its crinrinal .iurisdiction;

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(d) "r-'risoner" means a lle,'so, Lurdergoing a senterce of ir,,rrrisorulerrluncter an order Passerl by a criminai court ilrciurlirrg the r:our1s' established uncler' the lau lbr the time bein61 in Io, *. in tlreContracting States;

(.) "lransferring State' nteans the State in whicir the iierrtenc€: warjimposed on the per:ion urho may be, or has been tr.ausfler.r.eci.

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GqlreraI Principles

A prisoncl in the territorl,- of one Contracting State ma1, be lrairsferr.ecl tothe tenitory of the otirer ()ontracting State in accordance i,vith ttreprovisious of this Agreemrnl in order to sere the senl.ence. irppose,d onhim.

Transfer rnay be requestsd b), any prisoner who is a nati,-,nai of" aContractirlg State or b1' ary sfir*,' person who is enlitlecl 1o act on irir;behalf in accorda,ce rvil.lr the lavs oith" contracting state b,r rrraking anapplication to the contracting state and in tire manner pr.esc:ril,,,:d biilrerGoverrutrent of tirat Contracting State.

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Corudi€icrus for transfer

A prisoner: ma)/ be transfeired under this Agreelrent gnli, on tirefollowing conditions:

(u) the prerson is a national of the receiving State;

(t) thr: cleath penalfi, ha;; not been imposed on the prisoner.;

(") thc iudgment is final;

(d) no inquiry, trial or an\ other pr^oceeding is pendhrg a1lafurst theprisoner in the transje:nlirrg State;

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(e) at 1he tirne of recei;rt o1'the request for transfer, the prisorrer stillhas a1 leasl. si,.i nr.onths of'the sentence to serve or is untlergoing a

sentence of I j I^e itrrprr sc'rulent.

(0 that tire acts or ornissicrrs firr which that persoil \,vas lretr{.enr:ecl

the transferring Statr ar e those which are punishnble a.s ;r orinrethe receiving State, or urouid constitute a crimina I offencecornmitted on i1.s I.erritor1,;

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the prisonei: has not l;een convicted for an o[f'enc,: iurcler themilitary lar,r,;

trarrsfer of custody c,f the pr:isoner to the receiving Sl.atc shall notbe pre.iudicial to the: sovereignty, sectritl, or an)l othr;r interest ofthe transferring State ;

cotx;ent to the trausl.el is given by the prisoner or. wher'* in vieu,of his age or phir5ls*1 or mental condition either Conti'ar:ting Stateconsiders it necessai'y, b.y anJ/ other person entitled to act on hisbelralf in accordance wil.h the laur of the Contracting Sltate; and

the transferling and recei'lring States agree to the tranr;fer'.

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transf'er ei,en if the lemaininp: ireriod to be served by the prisoner is les:;tiran six nronths.

AB?ICLE 4

gbUsqXlq$-tg fu rlish information

If the prir;oner has expressed an interest in being tranL;fen'ed r"rnder thisAgreement, the transferrirra litate shall send the fbllowing inlbnnatiorrancl docuntents to the receiving State unless either tire receiving or thetransf'erring State has alrcac.iv decided that it rviil not aglce to thetransfer:

(a) the name and natioriiliilr," date and place of birlh o1'tht' prisoner;

(b) his address, iI'an1,. in l.ire r:eceiving State;

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a stifenlent o1'the far.rts t-tltort which ttre conviction artd :;cntence

u,er,: based:

the rrature, clulittiotr arrd riate o1'commencement rll the :5ellience;

a certified cop1, of the judgment ancl a copy of'tire relevantprovisions of the larn: utrder which the sentence has ireen passed

against the prisoner:;

a medical, socia.l or iln1,, other l'eport on the prisoner, wlrere it is

relevant for the dispostrl of his application or Jbi' deciding the

nature of his confinettretlt:

any other inforntal.ion rvhich the receiving State ma)' st)ecifl' as

reqr-rired in all caseti to enable it to consider the possibiiilV oftransfer and to enabie' it to inform the prisoner ,lf the fullconsequences of'trans[er fbr hirn under its larv;

the r:equest of the prisoner to tre transfered or oIa peilioir entitledto act on his beiralf in accorclance with the iaw oj-the trausleningStal*, and

a stiiternent indicating hou, ntuch of the sentence has aircaci)' been

seled, including inlonlation on any pre*tlial tletention,remission, or any oti:.er factor reievant to the enlbrcetnont of the

sentence.

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2. For the purposes of enabiirig ;r clecision to be made on a request underthis Agreement, the receiving Slate shall send the follor,ving inftrnnatiorrand docunrents to tire tra,nslerring State unless either the receivirrg or thetransfening State has alre;rd, decidecl that it will not agri,r: to the

transfer:

a statement or docuruent indicating that the prisoner is a nationaiof the receiving State:

a o()py of the relerrarit law of the receiving State <;otrstitttting the

acts or omissions, or1 ,locount of which the settteuce ira.s. been

pasr;ed in the transferring State, ers if such acts ot' otnissions \ rere

an c,I'fence uncier the iarn, of the receiving State or wor-tid r:onstitute

an oflence if comrnitled on its territory:

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a statement .{'tire cflect of, any law or regulatron rr::lalirrg to the

dur:ation and enforrjernent ol the sentence in tire rerceivilg state

al1er prisoner transfe| inclucling, if applicabie. a statettrent of the

r:lfbct of paragrupt, ,' of Article S- of this Agrer:nr.rrt on his

tr:rnsf.er;

the rryillingness of the ret;eiving State to accept the transfer of the

pris,,er ancl an u,,J.,'tul.irr51 ti administer tire reuairrrng part .fihe sentence of the llri.soner'; and

any other inforrnal.io' or docttment whictr tfie tralsf':rrigg slal'e

rlray con:iider necessarv'

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Rryg-ests ar,&ePlieq

Requests fbr transfer shall be- made in writing in l'he prescribed

proforrna, if urry, orid u'ld""osed "through the centr;r1 atrth.ril)' of tle

requestilg State itoo,rgi, diplomatic chainels to the central ar-rthority of

the reqgested Staie. fr-"f,li*,, shall te communicaterl ttu'lugh the sat1le

cirauneis.

Iror the purpose of paragraPh l of'this Arlicle, the centrai atrthority shall

tre, in relation to lndia,ihe Ministry of Home Affairs; ancl itt reiation to

il d;tlic of Mauriti*r;, shali be the Prime Miuister''s offit:e'

llhe requested State shal1 promptiy infonn the requesting State of its

rlecision whether or ilot 1o ;lgree to the requested transfbr'

ART',ICLE 6-

Cgilsent'antt its verifi

1. Tfre fiansferring State shali ensure that the iret'st'rn reqrrired to give

consent to the transfer i* *ec,rdance with paragraph l(i) ol-Article 3 of

this .Agreernent, tloes so vnrltniariiy and *iif, n,if linou'leclge of the legai

collseqgences thereot. 'I6e ,rocedure for giving srtch c:ottsent shall be

govenied by tlie law of the: transf'erring State'

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to verifl, thar thc consent is 5iivr:n in accordance with tltc- s:otr,Jiti<'rns set

n out in palagraph 1 of thjs; ;!r'tici*.

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Etre1;1|-q{flAt$fe r for tfre receivuef$lg

Tire conrpetent autlroritics o1' the receiving State shall c()lfinue the

"nforcegrent of the senterrce tluoLrgh a court or admiilistraLivr: order, as

may be r:equirecl uncler its nalional law, unrJer the conditions set out in

Article 8 of this Agreenretrt'

Subject to the provisions of Afiicle 10 of this A5;reentent, the

enforceri:ent of itre sentenr:e shall be governed by ther lau' of the

receiving State and that State alone shall be coinpetent to take all

a1;propri ate decisions.

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Colltinuejl. er$glrcement of senten$

The receiving State shall bc tround by the legal nahrre artd duration of

the sentr:nce as determined lry the trartsfering State'

lf, holvever, the sentettce is by its nature of eittrati,l or bolh

ipcompatible with the larv of the receiving State, or its la-ia, so requires,

tirat'State ffi&y, b), court r:r administrative order, adallt thc, sentetlr;e to a

punishlrent or measure prescribe<tr by its own law' As to its nafure atrd

duratiorr the punishrnent or llteasure shall, as far as possitrie, coresporrd

with that irrrposecl by the.luclgrnent of the transfening Stale' It shrrll

however not aggraval.e. I-ry its nature or duration. the sentettcc irnposed in

the transfening State,

/TI{TICLE 9

Effegt of corupletlcrn g[ sen$lnce for the traqsferdnsru

When llre receiving State notifies the transferring State uirder paragraph

1(a) of Articie 12 ofthis Agrecmenl tirat the sentence has been ettfbrr:ed, such

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notification shall have the efi-ect oI discharging that sentence irr the lr;rnst'erring

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&eyhrl'j{-&$sment

The trapsferring State alono shall decide on any application lirr t'eview o{'

the judgment which may include granl of pat'don, amnesty or cortmtrtation ofthe sentence or any other mode of t',:'vierv or remission in act:ordant:t: with itsConstitution or other laws.

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Eerrrr'!g41[gp€ el]lforcement of sent

The receiving State shall tenrrinate enforcement of the selltt:nce as soon

as it is infornrecl by the transferring litate of any decision or measure as a result

of which the sentence ceases to bre eirforceable.

AE@Ig&ry1[!g;3prt Snforeement of sentengt:

1. The receiving State shall notily the tlansfering State:

(u) when the enforeenrsrt of the sentence has beeu cornplete,l; or

(b) if the prisclner escat)e:; fi'om custody before enfor*:ment of ttresentence has been cornpletecl. In such cases ttre receiving State'

shall make every e1'Iot:t to have the prisoner atrested so that he

serves the rernainclcr of his sentence and thal the pr:isoner be

prosecuted for conunitting an offence under the relev;rnt law ofthe receiving State .rn oscape of prisoner.

2. The recr:iving State sitall furnisir & special reporl concer:ning the

enforcernent of the sentence, if so required by the transl'en ing State'

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facilitatirig the. ttansit,throug+r. its territory of th" [ri'on*r bei,g transferred

,ursuant to ,.r"t, affarlgel]lerrts. ext'opt tnai it may "f"* lo g:,lnt transit to any

prisoner *to i, orr" oIits'wn nat.iorrals. The bontracting state' i*te,ding to

make such a tr^nsfer srrari give ar*,iurce notice to the other coirtracting state .f

. such transit-

AIIIT(;rucqstg

Anycol;tsincuredinthcalrpliea|ionofthisAgreemetrtshatlbebotnetlythe receiving state, except costs *",ro"d exclusively in the territory of the

transferring State. The receiviirg" s.u,, may, however, seek to -Iecover all or

part of the costs of transfer Ii'onr tlre prisoner or fiom some other sollrce'

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R.equests and supporting docutnents shall be in E'nglisir or accofiIpanied

by a transiation into Engiish'

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i*por*a Atheibefore or after thr entry into force of this Agreerttent'

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!l!lral provisions

This Agreement shail tre sirbject to ratification and shall enter i,tc fbrceon the date on which instrurnents of ratification are exchangerd.

The Agreement shall ccxrtitrut, to rernain in force until si>i lronths liomthe date upon which either Cqrntracting State gives wrilten potice to theother co*r'acting state of ils i,tention io termiiate it.

Notwithstanding any ternri*atiou, this Agreernent shalr r.:ontinu* tci appryto the enforcement of seutent:es ..ri" prisoner who Lrave been fu.ernsferedunder this Agreertent befc,r e the ciate on which such terminal.ion takeseffect.

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In rvitness; whereof the urde:r'sigued, being dul5, authorirerp theretoby their respective Governnrents. h*rve-signed thiJ Agreement.

Done in duplicate at Neu, BelEli oxn tlhe 24il, dal, of Octohen, Z{}(iS, ixt theHindi a*d E*glish languagres, ali *e:i6s ftreing *q,rully aufireufic.

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or urociificatiolls to this Agreemetrl agreeel b1, th<:col11c into effect when confirmed Lr_r, au El<;hani4e ol

Fcar the Goverrrment of ilreF:Le:putrlic of Mauritius :

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